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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 4, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17125

CVE-2017-17125

Description

nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

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Affected products

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  • GNU/Binutils2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =2.29.1

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